Moderators Lee Knight Posted July 13, 2011 Moderators Share Posted July 13, 2011 I'm eyeing up the RODE NTK right now... almost ready to pull the trigger. Someone talk me out of it! Or into it! Well... the NTK's cool. But it's bright. And I thnk you have sort of bright voice. Have you tried an SM7 or an RE20? Having heard your singing, you might find those suitable to your pipes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bee3 Posted July 13, 2011 Members Share Posted July 13, 2011 Well... the NTK's cool. But it's bright. And I thnk you have sort of bright voice. Have you tried an SM7 or an RE20? Having heard your singing, you might find those suitable to your pipes. I haven't... no. But I find all this a bit confusing and have little to no experience. Where would I even try these mics out...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted July 13, 2011 Moderators Share Posted July 13, 2011 I haven't... no. But I find all this a bit confusing and have little to no experience. Where would I even try these mics out...? Guitar Center at the very least. You probably have a audio shop in your town. Where are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bee3 Posted July 13, 2011 Members Share Posted July 13, 2011 Guitar Center at the very least. You probably have a audio shop in your town. Where are you? Philly area. There are plenty of places to go, but I can't imagine going in there and singing into a mic in public. I'm shy like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted July 13, 2011 Members Share Posted July 13, 2011 Philly area. There are plenty of places to go, but I can't imagine going in there and singing into a mic in public. I'm shy like that.You're a musician. Embarrassment is your lot in life. Get over it. Money's on the line. Art, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted July 13, 2011 Members Share Posted July 13, 2011 I'd recommend an RE20. [video=youtube;Z9IODJdi3GA] Great, great mics. People always compare SM7, RE20, and MD421, but I personally think RE20 is the most versatile of the three. p.s. I wish that an RE20 made me sound like Thom Yorke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted July 13, 2011 Members Share Posted July 13, 2011 It's a running joke at Gearslutz that you can't really be considered part of the greater GS family unless you have at least one SM7B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted July 13, 2011 Moderators Share Posted July 13, 2011 All my vocals are done with an RE20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted July 13, 2011 Members Share Posted July 13, 2011 It's a running joke at Gearslutz that you can't really be considered part of the greater GS family unless you have at least one SM7B. I can't really find a use for it, though. Personally, on cabs, I'd rather use MD421, on vocals or acoustic instruments, I'd rather use RE20, and on kick drum or toms, I think I'd give MD421 the edge. Maybe if I had one, I'd use it, probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rsadasiv Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 I can't really find a use for it, though. Personally, on cabs, I'd rather use MD421, on vocals or acoustic instruments, I'd rather use RE20, and on kick drum or toms, I think I'd give MD421 the edge.Maybe if I had one, I'd use it, probably. I tried a SM-7b and a MD-421 and chose the 421 myself. SM-7b is a good mic (especially with the right preamp) but I'm not sure why everyone thinks of it as the must-have mic right now - it's sort of like Telecasters for guitar players - a great instrument but at some point everyone is going to go back to playing a Strat again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 Oh, hell naw, Teles are sweet as hell. Don't be dissing the Tele. I have a bunch of Strats but I give them no respect at all. For me, it's all about Mustangs, Teles, and Les Paul flat tops. To me, Strats are so boring that they're just guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rsadasiv Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 No diss, I play a Tele myself. Just saying that gear fads exist independently of the gear itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Etienne Rambert Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 CAD 400CS & RODE NT1 in this space. Reading these posts, my next mic is going to be an SM7 or an RE20. I'd never heard of them before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 I can't really find a use for it, though. Personally, on cabs, I'd rather use MD421, on vocals or acoustic instruments, I'd rather use RE20, and on kick drum or toms, I think I'd give MD421 the edge. Maybe if I had one, I'd use it, probably. There's a use for just about every mic. Like guitars. But, of course, in the real world, it's hard to justify having one or more of each. Sadly, also like guitars. I don't have much experience with SM7B's. My old tenant bought one and we recorded me doing something with vocal and guitar. I thought it sounded pretty nice. But I didn't rush out and buy one. Now... don't you be dissing Strats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eeglug Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 My recording setup has no permanent address in our condo. It's all piled up and disassembled and I have to put it all together each and every time I record. I record on a Toshiba laptop. When I think about it it's a pain to have to set it all up and then break it down again but I'm used to it now. I usually have two kinds of setups to assemble: one to record guitar or bass and another to record vocals or acoustic guitar. The former is all done direct without amps using either a Yamaha DG Stomp, a Sansamp GT2 or a brand new Tech 21 Leeds. The latter uses an SM57 or CAD M179 into an M-Audio DMP3 then into a FMR RNC. Drums are either Addictive Drums or Superior Drummer (in the past, EZ Drummer). Oh yes, I do record midi keys with an old Roland EP7 or a little M-Audio Oxygen 8. For mixing I use KRK RP5's or B&W 602s. My weakest link is my M-Audio Fast Track Pro interface which I expect to malfunction any day now - mainly because of the cheap wonky plastic assembly. It works but it's a piece of crap. If I saw this thread earlier I would've taken a pic during my after dinner guitar overdub session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roman2 Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 Here's mine: Yes, that's really all I have. Kinda sad, isn't it? (by the way, that's just temporary, gonna move in three month) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Surrealistic Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 Okay, please excuse the mess. Here's my little music room/studio. It does sometimes look a little tidier than this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stickboymusic Posted July 14, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 im more than envious of your gretsch!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Surrealistic Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 im more than envious of your gretsch!! 'tis a beaut isn't it? Got it on eBay for 350 quid a couple of years ago. Supposedly "used" but clearly hadn't been touched (foam still under bridge and tags still on it). Less than half the price of either of the other two guitars next to it, but it's probably my favourite of all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeonardScaper Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 Okay, please excuse the mess. Here's my little music room/studio. My kind of place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chicken Monkey Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 I was inspired to straighten up my recording space based on this thread, and discovered the cat had just peed in the closet. It was recent, as it was still wet . So good timing, but now I'm waiting for the pet stain/odor remover to dry before I proceed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 Now... don't you be dissing Strats. I like the Strat body. I find it comfortable. But I find the standard three-pickup SSS Strat with the standard blade switch to sound uninspiring and I think the 5-way and the volume knob are in really awful places for modern styles of playing. People get used to it but it's just easier to play punk rock on anything but a Strat. Now, once you modify a Strat, it's no longer a standard Strat, and those can be whatever you like. My Hello Kitty guitars are definitely Strats, but they don't suffer from any punk rock deficiencies. Even my single-coil Strats have unorthodox wiring to give me more interesting sounds I can work with. I think it was Sterling Ball or someone at Music Man who was talking on an interview of some sort and he held up a blade switch and said, this has shaped the sound of guitars more than any other thing in existence. I'm inclined to agree with him. There's just a lot of possibilities that people never tap into because on so many guitars with three pickups, the five-way does exactly the same thing, and so Strats cheap and expensive all pretty much have the same character of sound as a result. I find that kind of sad. It's like everyone sounding like Antares because they're using the same Auto-Tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted July 14, 2011 Moderators Share Posted July 14, 2011 I love Strats. I love punk. Strats aren't punk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 I'd imagine that it's still one of the most popular punk guitars, though, mainly because it's everywhere. I think it's plenty punk as long as you do a few things to make it work for you, or if you've only played Strats your whole life then it probably doesn't bug you. Strats aren't exactly metal either, but there's plenty of shredders rocking their Fender Strats proudly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rsadasiv Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 Strats aren't exactly metal either, but there's plenty of shredders rocking their Fender Super Strats proudly. fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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